is the "free software" 4 freedoms definition too idealist? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml to c/leftistunix@lemmygrad.ml

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I've been struggling to come up with words to describe my frustrations with the definition of free software and how it ignores some of the nastiest behaviours of corporations.

Stuff like EEE, repositories that are technically free but owned by a corporation and too big to fork (chromium), and other hazier real life conditions. Could there be a "free software but dialectical" definition that would be more useful?

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[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 7 months ago

Ironically, a lot of corporations who began by extolling the virtues of "open source" are now changing over to source-available restricted licences. At this point, licenses like MIT seem to exist only for the small developers who hope to use their open source projects as a vehicle to jump onto the payroll of established companies.

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